Button.



PATENTED NOV. 12,1907.

- I. KALLIWDDA.

BUTTON.

APPLIGATIOH TILED nov. 29, 1905.

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UNITED STATES IRENE KALLIWODA, OF SOPRON, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed November 29! 1905. Serial No. 289.621.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRENE KALLIwoDA, ne VON HAL- DEN, gentlewoman, subject of the King of Hungary,

residing at S. Osengery utcza, Sopron, in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has for its object a cord button which may be formed with a sewing or embroidering machine from any appropriate thread such as cord, silk or the like and which owing to the peculiar arrangement of the stitches, presents sufficient stiffness and elasticity to render a wire insertion unnecessary.

The accompanying drawing shows a constructional form of the button in enlarged dimensions showing the different phases of ,the manufacturing of the button.-

The central portion of the button may be formed in any convenient manner; the invention relates only to the annular outer portion of the button which imparts to the latter its stiffness and elasticity.

The button is manufactured in the usual manner upon a backing of fabric which is readily removable subsequently.

After the central portion of the button has been formed three rows of stitches a, b, c are made around it. These rows form the support for the embroidery stitches which are worked thereon, so that the said rows a, b, 0 may consist of either single or multiple stitches of any kind.

The two inner rows of stitches a, b are overcast with embroidery stitches cl by means of an embroidering machine. Obviously, loop stitches, crochet-stitches or the like may be employed instead of embroidery stitches d the only essential point being that .the two inner rows of stitches a, b shall be covered with radially lying stitches.

The outer row 0 may be stiffened with horsehairs c or the like threads when great elasticity is required; these threads are preferably fastened by means of embroidery Of course, these embroidery stitches f may be employed even if no horse hair is used. When the embroidery stitches d embracing the two inner rows have been completed (and also the embroidery stitches f fastening the horsehair threads if these are employed) the work is cut off the support of fabric or the half finished button is cut out of the backing of fabric. The outer row c respectively 0, e, f is connected by means of strong loop stitches g with the row of embroidery stitches d which embrace the two inner rows, these loop stitches g not only passing round the outer row but also partially covering the row of embroidery stitches d embracing the two inner rows and passing through them, by which means the exceedingly great elasticity and stiffness of the annular part of the button is obtained. Embroidery stitches, crochet stitches or the like may be used in. place of the aforesaid loop stitches g. There may also be worked on the embroidery stitches a which embrace the two inner rows, if desired, rows of stitches h which are then also covered by the loop stitches g referred to above. These rows of supplementary stitches h are formed, before the button is cut out from the fabric backing.

When the row of loop stitches g is completed, the backing of fabric is removed from the central portion of the button in the usual manner, whereupon the button is finished.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A button of cord and the like having in combination with a central portion an inner support, radial stitches covering said inner support and outer support and radial stitches covering said outer support and partly the radial stitches covering said inner support.

2. A button of cord and the like having in combination with a central portion an inner support, embroidery stitches covering said inner support, an outer support and loop stitches covering said outer support and partly the embroidery stitches covering the inner support.

3. A button of cord and the like having in combination with a central portion an inner support, embroidery stitches covering said inner support, a row of stitches upon the said embroidery stitches, an outer support and loop stitches covering the said outer support and the said row of stitches and partly the embroidery stitches covering the inner support.

L. A button of cord and the like having in combination with a central portion of any desired make an inner support, comprising two rows of stitches surrounding said central portion, radial stitches covering said two rows of stitches, a third row of stitches surrounding the said two rows of stitches and forming an outer support and loop stitches, covering the said outer support and partly the em broidery stitches covering the inner support. 5. A button of cord and the like having in combination with a central portion two rows of stitches surrounding said central portion and forming an inner support, embroidery stitches covering said inner support, a third row of stitches surrounding said inner support and forming an outer support, embroidery stitches covering said outer support and loop stitches covering said outer support and partly the embroidery stitches covering said inner support, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in'presence of two witnesses.

IRENE KALLIWODA.

Witnesses:

PHILIP LEHUN, F. E. MALLnT'r. 

